by Amy Wagenfeld | Mar 21, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions, Occupational Therapy, Urban Design and Sustainable Communities
According to Mattessich and Monsey, interprofessional collaboration is a “a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship entered into by 2 or more organizations to achieve common goals” (1992, p. 7). For many in allied healthcare, interprofessional collaboration...
by Takuzo Kimura | Mar 13, 2024 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy
At the first-ever Environmental Physiotherapy Festival 2023 I held a presentation beginning with a brief introduction on complex adaptive systems- a unifying area of study that encompasses information, evolution, neuroscience, and systems theories to shed light on an...
by Millie Kent | Feb 26, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Students in EPT
When I told some of my peers that I was doing my dissertation on environmental sustainability in physiotherapy, I got lots of comments like “But… why?” or “Wow that’s very niche!” With a degree with such a high workload already, why would you add sustainability to the...
by Margit Nikoline Langballe | Feb 12, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions
Trees are the lifeblood of the earth. Their roots run deep in the soil and resemble the veins and arteries of our planet, sustaining and nourishing the life of the ground around them. Their very existence helps to create oxygen that sustains most life on our little...
by Paul Beattie | Feb 6, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions, Wilderness PT
Over the last few years, there have been several reports describing the role of PTs in wilderness environments (Beattie P, 2021 & 2022; Young B, 2022; Young SW, 2023). These publications describe how PTs are increasing their involvement in the prehospital care of...
by Shaun Cleaver | Jan 8, 2024 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions
As our understanding of the many different connections between physiotherapy and the environment continues to grow, and we advance research and education across the breadth of environmental physiotherapy (EPT), the many implications this has for physiotherapy practice...
